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Definition of Measure up
1. Verb. Prove capable or fit; meet requirements.
Generic synonyms: Answer, Do, Serve, Suffice
Derivative terms: Qualification, Qualifier, Qualifying, Quality, Quality
Definition of Measure up
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Measure Up
Literary usage of Measure up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"in breadth or depth may measure up to 1 metre (39.37 in. ... in breadth and depth
may measure up to 90 cm. (3 shaku, or 35 in.) in length. ..."
2. History of Colorado by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)
"... and especially at this time to make Weld county measure up to its full
possibility for agricultural development and productiveness. FRANK ANDERSON. ..."
3. The Chinese Book of Etiquette and Conduct for Women and Girls: Entitled ...by Zhao Ban, Chao Pan, Esther E. Jerman Baldwin by Zhao Ban, Chao Pan, Esther E. Jerman Baldwin (1900)
"... years before the revelation of Christ the Saviour, Exemplar, and Helper,
neither Confucius nor his people could measure up to their own lofty standards. ..."
4. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Privy Council (1905)
"Was the man, who was employed by the undertakers to measure up constructive work
when finished, employed by the undertakers on, in, ..."
5. Success: A Book of Ideals, Helps, and Examples for All Desiring to Make the by Orison Swett Marden (1897)
"Nothing so strengthens the mind and enlarges the manhood and widens the thought
as the constant effort to measure up to a high ideal, to struggle after that ..."
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